Short-billed Dowitcher

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5th August 2002
Samish Flats, Padilla Bay, Washington, USA
Taken with Kowa TSN-4 77mm spotting scope with Nikon Coolpix 995
This bird shows the classic \'tiger stripe\' pattern on the tertial feathers which is the only way (apart from their call) to separate first year short-billeds from first year long-billed dowitchers which have plain tertials.